Vancouver invests $184-million for the upgrade of Annacis Island...in Delta. It involves constructing a one-kilometre-long tunnel to be bored by a TBM about....
https://canada.constructconnect.com/joc/news/projects/2019/1...
Year 2019. Almost 2020.
For a third day, #sewage is continuing to spill into #Wellington Harbour.
"the wastewater that comes out can be full of, you know, #uncomfortable things"
http://wellington.scoop.co.nz/?p=124756
#newzealand
#China's construction giant China Railway Construction Corporation (CRCC) expands metro network in Moscow.
https://news.cgtn.com/news/2019-12-27/China-s-construction-giant-expands-metro-network-in-Moscow-MLMjikqXK0/index.html
#China #Tunnel #Technology
Federal review of Baltimore-Washington high-speed maglev project ‘paused’,
Some...completed, construction impacts on neighborhoods and the depth of the #tunnel.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/transportation/2019/1...
#Herrenknecht’s Direct Pipe method – which combines the advantages of microtunnelling and HDD technology – was used to install a 1,409 m pipeline beneath the Danube River in Serbia.
https://www.trenchlessinternational.com/2019/12/03/direct-pipe-for-successful-breakthrough/
#GermanTBMs #Tunnelling
West Cumbria water pipeline work wins New Civil Engineer Award "f...lps keep costs down and minimize inconvenience”.
1.25km tunnel, the longest ever built in...cord by 300m and 8 months.
https://www.cumbriacrack.com/2019/1...
2019 ITA Lifetime Achievement Award winner, former ITA president Dr. Harvey Parker passed away.
https://tunnellingjournal.com/industry-mourns-dr-harvey-w-parker-ita-president-2004-2007/
I think this article demonstrates the split between de industry and the academia.
At least this assistant professo...g at the University of Mississippi) is candid about it.
https://msbusiness.com/2019/1...
Lower Thames Crossing tunnels and systems director Keith Bowers said that the project faces "huge challenges" due to its "highly sensitive" location
https://www.newcivilengineer.com/latest/lower-thames-crossing-dubbed-most-ambitious-road-job-since-m25-09-12-2019/
AIRMOVER3000: The innovative moving system based on air cushion technology, desig...n of Martina machine, the biggest TBM in the world, a...ystem in the record time of 15 days.
Sparvo Tunn....youtube.com/watch?v=bhmuKwXx7vM
#Palmieri #tunnel...